Largest recording series by a solo artist
- Who
- Leslie Howard
- Where
- United Kingdom
- When
- September 1999
The largest recording series by a solo artist was achieved by Leslie Howard (Australia) who recorded all of Franz Liszt's piano works onto 94 CDs (95 if you include the 'Sophie Menter Concerto' which may or may not have been by Liszt). It took Howard 14 years to complete the series, starting in 1985 and releasing the final volume in September 1999 on the Hyperion Records label.
The series consists of 1377 tracks, 16,000 pages of music totalling 12 miles of staves and a total playing time of over 117 hours. Howard played an estimated 9–10 million notes of music. A great deal of this music had never been recorded before and some of it never played - even by Liszt himself.
The nearest previous attempt was by Gunnar Johansen in the 1950s and came to 51 LPs.
Howard is originally from Australia but has long resided in London. He has been awarded the Grand Prix du Disque on five occasions.
The series consists of 1377 tracks, 16,000 pages of music totalling 12 miles of staves and a total playing time of over 117 hours. Howard played an estimated 9–10 million notes of music. A great deal of this music had never been recorded before and some of it never played - even by Liszt himself.
The nearest previous attempt was by Gunnar Johansen in the 1950s and came to 51 LPs.
Howard is originally from Australia but has long resided in London. He has been awarded the Grand Prix du Disque on five occasions.